Energy Based Error Formulation for Optimizing Compliant Joint Parallel Manipulators

The conversion of a Rigid Body Parallel Manipulator to a Compliant Joint Parallel Manipulator introduces compliance in the system. The configuration of the compliant manipulator will differ from the configuration described by the rigid-body kinematics due to the off-axis compliance, and hence off-axis deflections, of the Compliant Joints. In...

Converting office space: Using modular prefab architecture to convert vacant office buildings.

Almost 7 million square meters of office space in The Netherlands is vacant today. Conversion into housing is an often named solution, but is hardly ever put into practice because of financial and technical difficulties (location aspects not taken into account). On the other hand, standardization in office design can be seen as an opportunity in...